Alliance Airshow

Our October field trips continue with the Alliance Airshow. This year, the airshow was much earlier in October and thus it was much colder! (Indian summer has visited for the last few) Usually, we wear shorts. This year, it was jackets! We started our visit off with a bomb robot. This year (probably because it was cold so there were less people), the display people were more friendlier and more willing to "play". Z was allowed to climb onto the robot and examine in great detail how the parts fit together.

Here, the clan is taking N aboard his 1st cargo carrier at his 1st airshow!

He didn't really seem to enjoy it too much. Even his love of cold air didn't help much. I think the wind got the best of him and the suddenness of the airplanes. He didn't mind the noise as long as he had warning.

H spent most of the afternoon like this. I think she really took a nap because just before we left, she all of a sudden livened up and started talking and asking questions and it was a tad noisier and colder. Go figure?

Craig enjoys the airshows as much as the kids.

The pilots were great! They asked the kids if they wanted to climb up! How very cool.

The Canadian Snowbirds

A very noisy modern fighter. When the sudden noises started, even Dad was acceptable (although Mama is still preferable)

There were several parachute teams. The undersides of the parachutes are the Canadian flag. This team formed up with a US flag on their feet.

N did finally take a nap, while the Thunderbirds were warming up their engines. We also took the opportunity to walk back to the car. Usually, we stay for the entire show. However, with the cold and with angry man's tendency to scream if the car is sitting still and he's in a car seat, we opted to watch the Thunderbirds from the parking lot. While we were walking out, S's shoe finally came completely apart. We had a great "fun" afternoon with her shoe!

Just before the Thunderbird warm-up, we were treated to a generational fly-over.

These last few pictures were taken with our new digital camera. Usually, we keep the small digital for all our pictures and bring the 35mm film to airshows, where the little digital just can't handle the speed. These are our 1st airshow pictures with the big digital and I'm hooked! Everything turned out well. There is even a fast click with no review setting so I can get cool shots like these last 3; 5 of the 6 Thunderbirds in a fly-over of the air strip. The blink of an eye has now been saved for all to see!

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